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== Sourcing ==
 
== Sourcing ==
Please do not copy and paste content that you found on the Internet without properly sourcing each paragraph. Treat the articles here like submitting a research paper for a class. Proper citations using:<br /> <nowiki><ref>AuthorLast, AuthorFirst. "Article Title". URL</ref></nowiki>.
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Please do not copy and paste content that you found on the Internet without properly sourcing each paragraph. Treat the articles here like submitting a research paper for a class. Proper citations using:<br /> <nowiki><ref>AuthorLast, AuthorFirst. "Article Title". URL</ref></nowiki>.<br/> [[User:JonG|~]] [[User_talk:JonG|JonG]] [[Special:Contributions/JonG|~]] 17:55, 20 May 2011 (EDT)
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[[User:JonG|~]] [[User_talk:JonG|JonG]] [[Special:Contributions/JonG|~]] 17:55, 20 May 2011 (EDT)
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:Hi Jon...not that great with computers. I get an error when I try to add the reference. The following is what I tried. What am I doing wrong?
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:The Tranquility node of the International Space Station (ISS) features a viewing dome unlike any other window ever flown in space. The dome, called the Cupola, is literally studded with windows for observing Earth, space, and the marvelous expanse of the ISS itself.
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:The Cupola, named after the raised observation deck on a railroad caboose, is designed as an observation platform for operations outside the station--e.g., robotics, spacewalks, and docking spacecraft. Computer workstations inside the dome will give astronauts full control over the space station's robotic arm and dexterous manipulator, while the windows offer unparalleled views of these devices in action. <ref>http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/26jun_cupola/</ref>
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Hi Jon...not that great with computers. I get an error when I try to add the reference. The following is what I tried. What am I doing wrong?
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::Again, do not copy and paste. Read the content, then put it in your own words. For any content that "isn't common knowledge" you put a source.
 
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::For the &lt;ref&gt; problem, you must also put:<br/>
The Tranquility node of the International Space Station (ISS) features a viewing dome unlike any other window ever flown in space. The dome, called the Cupola, is literally studded with windows for observing Earth, space, and the marvelous expanse of the ISS itself.
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<nowiki>==References==
 
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<references/></nowiki><br/>
The Cupola, named after the raised observation deck on a railroad caboose, is designed as an observation platform for operations outside the station--e.g., robotics, spacewalks, and docking spacecraft. Computer workstations inside the dome will give astronauts full control over the space station's robotic arm and dexterous manipulator, while the windows offer unparalleled views of these devices in action. <ref>http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/26jun_cupola/</ref>
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::at the end of your article. [[User:JonG|~]] [[User_talk:JonG|JonG]] [[Special:Contributions/JonG|~]] 16:17, 21 May 2011 (EDT)
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